1. Special Populations Collaborative Project
Laurie R. Harrison
Project Manager

2. Purpose
To improve special population student* access, performance, and retention in Career and Technical Education
* Economically disadvantaged, including foster children
Single parents, including single pregnant women
Displaced homemakers
Limited English proficient
Disabled
Students training for careers nontraditional to their gender

3. Activities Identify resources and effective practices
Develop materials
Develop linkages with other CCC collaborative projects, industry/discipline advisory committees, and regional consortia
Provide professional development
Track the performance of special population students

4. Organizational Structure
Grant awarded to West Hills Community College District, Cathy Barabe, Project Director
Laurie Harrison, Project Manager
Additional staff responsible for:
Core indicator analysis
Professional development
Resource and effective practice identification

5. Advisory Committee Interface
Primary link to the Joint Special Populations Advisory Committee
Report at meetings
Jointly sponsor professional development workshops
Workplan activities influenced by needs identified by the committee
Also have developed linkages with the other CCC Advisory Committees.

6. Links to other Advisory Committees/Collaboratives
Attend meetings/share information/present to:
Health
Trade and Industry
Agriculture
Public and Protective Services
Family and Consumer Science
Business and Information Technology
Research and Accountability

7. Dissemination
Through the advisory committees, particularly the JSPAC. Our products are listed on the JSPAC website:
Through workshops we conduct in partnership with the JSPAC
Through our own website:

8. Developed & Disseminated by the Special Populations Collaborative
Primary Products
Developed & Disseminated by the Special Populations Collaborative

12. Measuring Success
Core Indicator Analysis of Special Population Student Performance
Statewide
By two digit TOP Code area
By region
For example

15. Other measure of success:
National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE), a leading national organization promoting Perkins and special populations, requested 500 copies of “Make a Difference for Special Population Students: Practical Tips and Tools for Educators” to disseminate at all of their trainings.

16. Thank You!